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He should know how to press a suit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advocate

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'press a suit' is the definition.
'advocate' can be an answer for 'press' (advocating is a kind of pressing). I'm unsure of the 'a suit' bit.

'he should know how' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'ad' and 'ad' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for advocate that I've seen before include "Defender" , "Person who pleads on behalf of another, like barrister" , "Caveat, do about lawyer in court" , "Champion" , "Public supporter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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